lap lambert academic publishing jul 2011 (Oltre 4.600 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -At the moment it is not exactly clear what the rights and obligations of states are regarding Private Military Companies under international law. Nevertheless the reliance of states on their services has increased. Especially during hostilities the possibility of an internationally wrongful act increases, which can trigger State Responsibility. This book determines at what precise point State Responsibility is triggered with regard to the Articles on State Responsibility and the due diligence principle, so that states can be held responsible for the acts of Private Military Companies. This book also offers some elements for regulating Private Military Companies on a global level and discusses the contribution of new initiatives, such as the newly finalized Montreux Document and the global framework of the International Peace Institute. This book is useful for academic professionals, government officials, private military companies, non-governmental organizations and anyone who has a special interest in this topic.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Coordinated School Health Program model in reducing childhood obesity rates using state level data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through the School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS) for the years 1994, 2000, and 2006. I measured the effectiveness of school health policies including routine BMI screening, joint activities between health education and food service staff, staff training on nutrition, staff training on exercise, certifying health educators, prohibiting sale of junk food, limiting access to vending machines, whether schools teach about nutrition in class, and whether schools teach about exercise in class. Demographic differences including race, education, income, health coverage, and adults¿ smoking habits were controlled for. Requiring BMI screening and providing training in nutrition for school staff yielded statistically significant results. I provided policy implications and recommendations.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The monograph investigates into the poverty and deforestation nexus in the context of co-management of forest. Based on the primary and and secondary data the study tries to explain the causes of forest degradation in the Joint Forest Management regime. The popularity of co-management system (Joint Forest Management in India), during last two decades, to conserve forests has brought a new dimension to the poverty induced deforest debate. The present study theoretically as well as empirically explains the factors that influence the individual decision to indulge in low-yielding forest cutting activities. Based on a survey of 140 households in three forest fringe villages of Chandaka Wildlife Division of Orissa in India, the study reveals that lack of human capital, landlessness and low environmental awareness significantly influence the individual decision to be involved in forest degrading activities. The implementation of JFM or co-management system merely transfers the dependence of local community from one patch of forest to another, unless and until the opportunity cost of rural households.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The granting of computer program and electronic business method patents has raised doubts and concerns among researchers in economics and among supporters of open source software. The patent systems in the US and in Europe and their economic impacts are different and have been analyzed in recent studies. The following work is intended to highlight the current set of knowledge on the economic impact of software patents in the United States and Europe and the impact that the less permissive European system has on the diffusion and use of open source software. In this work a brief evolution of the software industry is presented. Scientific papers that analyze empirically the questions of software patent quality and the impact on the innovative activity caused by such patents are reported. The main theories on the economic motives of open source software are studied and reviewed in light of recent changes to the economic system. Lastly the industry and economic effect of the diffusion of open source software in Europe and the problems with computer implemented inventions patents are evaluated.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Adopting children transracially has been contentious. Amongst the major themes in adoption debates in many countries and in an international context have been the priority given to national adoption over intercountry adoption, and the child's right to the preservation of his or her cultural and ethnic background. This book was written based on the views of African immigrants in Sweden with the objective of bringing out the meanings they create on the major themes involved to enrich the international adoption discourse and to inform policy formation. There were mixed opinions on various themes involved. Some of their perspectives were consistent with previous political discourses on adoptions and others were not. Contrary to international conventions, participants showed much relevance to intercountry adoption as against incountry adoption. However, there were predominant views in support of child adoption that is well regulated. The analysis and discussion should be useful to policy makers, social workers, international organisations, adoption organisations and individuals interested in transracial adoptions or adopting children from interracial communities.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The purpose of this book is to present the dynamics between producers and distributors of Genetically Modified Organisms and their stakeholders. In particular the discussion is focused on a specific class of stakeholders defined as secondary stakeholders, that, in accordance with Hall and Martin (2005), may play a disruptive role in radical technology development by presenting political challenges and creating difficulties andor disrupting the competencies of innovation value-added chain stakeholders. The book gives an overview of the problems faced by the transgenic technology, the current situation of the market and the technology used in producing GM products. Finally I suggest the best strategy to be followed to prevent the block of the innovation process by secondary stakeholders.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This work investigates the relationship between exchange rates and the decision making process that we currently call monetary policy, i.e. a central bank¿s problem of setting the short-term interest rate in order to achieve some basic macroeconomicgoals, asking whether in addition to the traditional goals of monetary policy, namely price stability and business cycle stabilization, the exchange rate should not be included as a further objective of monetary policy in theoretical models and policy discussions. Based on an econometric study of the behaviour of the Federal Reserve from 1979 to 2007, as well as on theoretical arguments from the macroeconomic as well as from the policy literature, it concludes that there is indeed scope for the inclusion of excahnge rates in monetary policy analyses and decisions.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book examines the activities of urban women in the informal sector in selected areas in Harare in the period before Operation Murambatsvina in Zimbabwe, in 2005. Gender, Spatiality and Urban Informality argues that despite efforts by the Government in Zimbabwe to empower women through policies, programmes and legal reforms, the generality of them remain in a state of abject poverty which they strive, yet with difficulties, to extricate themselves from it. Trading in low-profile goods, i.e. least rewarding goods, is an avenue that most poor women have identified to empower themselves yet it is really a ¿long walk to freedom¿. Unlike a sizeable number of men, who have made staid inroads into high profile ventures in micro-finance, construction, manufacturing, trade, transport, information and communication technologies, to name but a few, women are still struggling with the smallest things including subsistence-making. This book, which is the outcome of a study in 2003 and 2004, has revealed that policy and practice still lag in Zimbabwe to adequately address challenges encountered by women in, probably not only urban environments but the rural sector alike. Women in the informaBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Scientists, researchers and practitioners are stuck with their daily duties, attempting to find remedy, knowledge, and mitigatory measures, respectively. But, so far these groups would agree that HIV/AIDS is still a global tragedy. Most importantly practitioners have successfully advocated for policies as an intervention point. However, these policies have largely remained stuffed in office cabinets, decorating public places or perhaps after being launched their fate is not traceable. Sadly though, HIV/AIDS pandemic does not respect this passivity. Instead, such a scenario creates a fertile breeding ground for the effects to be felt more seriously among those with faint voices to push the policy agenda. Employees are among the victims of this complacency by their superiors. This book critically examines this situation to understand who exactly is behind this passivity. Without necessarily pointing the blame to a single variable in the policy equation, the report calls for every stakeholder to make an effort in addressing the deadly epidemic through revisiting policy adoption.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Specifically, using a sample of 2,848 couples from the RELATE dataset, a model was tested examining the direct associations between personality factors (neuroticism, agreeableness, and extraversion) and relationship satisfaction in romantic couple relationships. The results indicated that lower levels of neuroticism, higher levels of agreeableness, and lower levels of extraversion were associated with greater relationship satisfaction. In particular, ratings of agreeableness had the strongest associations with satisfaction for males and females, while neuroticism had the next strongest associations, followed by extraversion. Paths between male variables and female variables and satisfaction were not significantly different; however, slight gender differences were present among factor loadings of variables as well as coefficient values of all paths. Additionally, differences in actor and partner effects were evident. Actor effects were present for each of the personality factors, except for male extraversion; partner effects were present for all of the personality factors.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -At present a near consensus exists among social scientists that there is a trade-off between economic growth and poverty reduction. The responsiveness of poverty to economic growth is expressed in terms of growth-elasticity of poverty which is said to be an increasing function of aggregate level of development and decreasing function of inequalities in income. There exist wide differences among the Indian states in terms of the magnitude of growth-elasticity of poverty. The change in income inequality does not seem to have any significant influences on the magnitude of growth-elasticity of poverty. On the other hand, poverty reduction is highly correlated with levels of human development, infrastructure development, and government development expenditure.It is the differences in the development indicators which explain why some states could achieve high poverty reduction with low economic growth, while others could achieve low poverty reduction with high economic growth, and why in spite of identical rates of economic growth extent of poverty reduction differed among the states.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This study examines the impact of cause related marketing (CRM) campaigns on brand loyalty, consumer purchase intention and on sales. The significance of this research involves the careful study to find the importance of CRM. This new form of marketing, practiced extensively from last two decades across the globe, focuses on CRM practices and its impacts on the companies¿ sales. It will help in: a) devising better strategies for the future, b) guide organization that CRM influence the choice of consumers, c) prove to be a very important tool and instrument in creating brand awareness & loyalty and d) boosting up sales and market share in several ways. It develops understanding that how CRM helps in building brand image and goodwill of company as well as the awareness of the brand. The CRM is multi-dimensional and more effective tool among other marketing tools; it is cheap and helps organization to achieve its goals and objectives more widely in the long term. It is proved that CRM campaigns have positive influence on sales activity of the companies and this link is mediated by factors like brand loyalty and consumer purchase intention which have positive effect on sales.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Servant leadership, as a post modern concept, reflecting the changing direction of leadership in the 21st century is getting increased attention in the ledership literature.Organizational justice and work engagement are some of the mostly encountered concepts at today's work place.This book presents an extensive literature on servant leadership, organizational justice and work engagement. Moreover, the results of a quantitative research on the application of servant leadership and its work outcomes within the context of Turkish business culture. The dimensions of servant leadership as perceived in the turkish culture and its strong similarity with paternalistic leadership is discussed in the framework of work outcomes i.e. work engagement. Organizational justice through the use of servant leadership brings out an impact on work engagement taking into consideration of the considerable effect of job complexity and individual personality.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -La confiance. Vertrou. Güven. ¿¿¿. Tumaini. Confianza. ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿. Zaufanie. Fiducia. ¿¿¿. ¿¿¿¿. Vertrauen. ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿. Trust. One word, fourteen different languages ¿ trust. This work forms an introductory analysis of the complex characteristic that all humans are familiar with, that all languages have a word for, which all people desire; trust. During my qualitative field research in Australia and New Zealand I extensively interviewed twenty franchisees from four different food retail franchise systems. I explored areas of their franchisee/franchisor relationship focusing on the central critical aspect of trust. It doesn¿t take a genius to believe that without trust in a relationship, not only is it more likely to fail, but it will never be as effective as it could be with confianza (Italian) present. I propose that trust is crucial; trust is a fundamental relational characteristic that needs to be placed at the foundation of the franchisee/franchisor relationship. If the trust is broken, if the trust is lost¿the relationship will inevitably fail.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -What are the levers behind the performance of a specific firm Many possible answers might come to the reader¿s mind: strategy, financial situation, marketing capabilities ¿ in two words: competitive advantage.This book tries to include Organizational Capability into the equation of company performance. The starting point is the definition of competitive advantage by D. Ulrich; from this cornerstone, I try to develop a comprehensive framework to capture the presence of Organizational Capability in a company and to assess its impact on the firm¿s specific competitive advantage.The aim is not to create the ultimate solution to the problem of measuring the reasons behind competitive advantage but to create a starting point to foster the further debate and development of more far-reaching models.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -From the moment Martin Cooper made the first call on the first portable cell phone which weighed 1kg on the pavement of midtown Manhattan in 1973, the mobile phone has literally shrunk from that size to under 3 oz in 35 years. Today, the mobile phone has become an unmistakable element in the everyday lives of most people, especially the youth. However, the indomitable presence of the mobile phone in the life of the youth has led most researchers to focus their attention on how the youth use the mobile phone to the neglect of the adult gendered uses of the mobile phone. The few studies on the adult gendered uses of the mobile phone identified that women use their mobile phones for social purposes while men use it for instrumental purposes, especially in the developed world. This study was aimed at understanding how adult women traders with low level formal education in the developing world use their mobile phones. Derived from life histories and in-depth interviews of 24 Ghanaian women traders, it was established that women foodstuff traders in Ghana use their mobile phones for both business and social connectivity purposes.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 120 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book is based on a real life case that is set in Dhaka, Bangladesh in the year 2001. DHL Bangladesh, a subsidiary of DHL Worldwide Express, was a fast growing company whose HumanResources department had felt the need to have a specialized Human Resources Information System(HRIS). The decision maker is a young Human Resources Executive who was initially looking at local vendors to provide the required software solution. However the Regional HQ had asked DHL Bangladesh to consider adopting an HRIS that DHL Pakistan had developed. The Regional HQ in the DHL hierarchy had great deal of influence on local subsidiaries, and even its 'suggestions' were rarely ignored. There were a number of important problems that had to be resolved with Pakistan HRIS before it could be used in DHL Bangladesh, but it had the backing of Regional Headquarters. The conflict between the Regional HQ and the local subsidiary is highlighted through this case. Whatever the decision, there will be lasting consequences at both the local and regional levels, and there is no way that such a decision will satisfy all the different stakeholders involved.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Climate change is one of the greatest environmental, social and economic threats facing the planet. The Kyoto Protocol aims to reduce industrialized countries greenhouse gases emissions by 5.2% compared to 1990 levels; at the same time, the European Union Emission Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) is one of the key policies introduced by the European Union to help Member States to meet their emissions reduction targets. Among the sectors included in the scheme, notable exceptions include international aviation, since its emissions rose 78% between 1990 and 2005. On December 20, 2006, the European Commission adopted a proposal for legislation to include the aviation sector in the EU-ETS. This study investigates the economic effects that the inclusion of aviation in the EU-ETS will have on airlines and airport operators.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The aim of this work is to examine the influence the European Union exerts on a new member state such as Bulgaria. The research was provoked by the social and media attention the topic received in the country during the last couple of years. The main focus is on the tourism industry in particular. In order to reveal the extent to which the new competitive European environment guides the development of the tourism product in the country an in-depth analysis of both supply and demand sides was carried out. Statistical data, interviews with tourism stakeholders as well as research of the national strategies and reports provide the necessary information for comparison between pre- and post-accession European Union period. The examples of successful projects directly or indirectly related to the tourism industry serve as a sound evidence that without the support of the European Union the potential of the new member countries could remain unrevealed due to lack of funds or know-how.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The book is meant to help student nurses as future leaders and managers in the workplace. It can be used as their tools in doing their duties and responsibilities by providing quality nursing care. The defiance lies on how they use this wisdom and knowledge to build and develop their interpersonal relationships with patients. This book is made up of 5 chapters as reflected on the table of contents portion for easy reading and more effective use.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Violence against children is not an issue of any specific region or country; or of any specific religion, caste, race, generation or culture. It is a worldwide phenomenon which had been poisoning the lives of children. It has been a discipline in many cultures, religions and societies. Despite the concentration and serious efforts of NGOs, civil societies and different international organizations like UNICEF to reveal the extent of the issue, we are lacking authentic, complete and reliable information which can paint the picture of this all-inclusive problem. A few studies against this issue have been conducted which produced incomplete data having serious gaps and not providing solid evidences to be used to take certain measures in order to address this issue. The purpose to conduct this study on the under discussion subject was only to make contribution to the former studies and to provide certain evidences as well as recommendations to those organizations or bodies which are striving to address, eliminate and combat this sore. Its aim was also to explore the data on the forms, scope, and nature of the issue and also about vulnerable settings.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Image fusion has become a common term used within medical diagnostics and treatment. The term is used when multiple patient images are registered and overlaid or merged to provide additional information. Fused images may be created from multiple images from the same imaging modality, or by combining information from multiple modalities, such as magnetic resonance image (MRI), computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). In radiology and radiation oncology, these images serve different purposes. For example, CT images are used more often to ascertain differences in tissue density while MRI images are typically used to diagnose brain tumors. In this book, preprocessing or removing noise from the CT/MRI/US medical images with wavelets followed by fusing them based on two important techniques viz. lifting wavelet transform and double density dual tree discrete wavelet transform is analyzed for better performance.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The system can be implemented in the Plant Monitoring System. It consists of a Coordinator and the sensor nodes. The coordinator is a centralized unit which is attached to the monitoring PC through TCP/IP network. It collects the information from all other nodes on demand and provides to the end user through TCP/IP network. The sensor nodes are made intelligent for controlling the plant. These nodes are attached with the Zigbee for remote controlling in case of changing the preset values and handling any issues. The experimental results obtained demonstrate the usefulness of the proposed system in terms of the low power consumption, low cost, targeted towards automation and remote control applications.The coordinator is implemented using the ARM9 controller and the Sensor Nodes are implemented using the ARM7 microcontroller. RT-Linux is used at the coordinator for real time operations and the Sensor nodes are programmed using the Embedded C.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -In recent years, a number of organizations have implemented Executive Information Systems (EIS) in order to improve the performance of their executives¿ jobs. Although the use of EIS is important in executives¿ work, the majority of executives are unwilling to use EIS applications because of the perceived design defects. By using social factors, habits and facilitation conditions variables adopts extension of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to derive useful variables to address the problem of the low usage of EIS by organizations executives. Results suggest that the executives experiences in EIS positively relates to their experiences in computer-based information systems and there is a high degree of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use as well as positive attitudes towards using EIS. Further, the results suggest that executives consider social factors in using EIS in their work and facilitating conditions such as EIS development process, EIS management process and organizational environment which are strongly related to the adoption and usage of EIS by executives. The research is important to organizations management¿s decision making in the EIS adoption and usage.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -In Nepal, there are more than 6000 small to large rivers, which flow through diverse geography along pronounced altitudinal gradients. The river classification (stream typology) is mainly based on physical characteristics of basin such as source of origin; availability of water; and location, and aquatic biota (fishes). The stream typology based on physical characteristics is too general for their applicability in river management while based on biotic are without clear demarcation and lots of overlapping. However, none of these stream typologies is in use for river management. The classification of rivers in respect to environmental and biological variables can provide sound system for sustainable river management in Nepal. The stream order based river classification considers multiple environmental variables and biological factors that change from source to mouth. The present study has found that catchment characteristics, physico-chemical parameters and macroinvertebrate composition are closely related with stream order in Indrawati river. Thus, the study concludes that stream typology based on Strahler stream order is applicable to Indrawati river system, Nepal.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Many quantum confined devices such as lasers and high electron mobility transistors make use of the narrow band gap and high electron mobility of InAs. The difficulty associated with the preparation of InAs has hindered the development of devices employing this material system. Few systematic studies have been conducted on InAs grown by metalorganic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD). The majority of recent InAs research has been device orientated and only a few reports of Zn and Sn doped InAs have appeared in print. Basic material characterisation has consequently been neglected. It is the aim of this book to contribute towards a better understanding of the fundamental material characteristics and in particular to improve on the current understanding of the growth dynamics of InAs. For this purpose, InAs epitaxial layers are grown by the MOCVD technique. The emphasis is on gaining an understanding of the influence of various n- and p-type dopants on the electrical and structural properties of the material as well as on the surface morphology of the material.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Comprehensive understanding of the heat transfer processes that take place during circulating fluidized bed (CFB) combustion is one of the most important issues in CFB technology development. This leads to possibility of predicting, evaluation and proper design of combustion and heat transfer mechanisms. The aim of this work is to develop a model for circulating fluidized bed boiler operation. Empirical correlations are used for determining heat transfer coefficients in each part of the furnace. The proposed model is used both in design and offdesign conditions. During off-design simulations fuel moisture content and boiler load effects on boiler operation have been investigated.In this book fuel properties of most typical classes of biomass are widely reviewed. Various schemes of biomass utilization are presented and, especially, concerning circulating fluidized bed boilers. In addition, possible negative effects of biomass usage in boilers are briefly discussed.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The effect of global warming on glaciers of Nepal has serious implications for the fresh water reserve. Increase in temperature and precipitation in Himalayas accelerates the process of snow melting as well as enhances flooding event from direct runoff whereas dry season discharge is decreased. The major concern is rapid reduction of glaciers in much of the Himalayan region and shifting upwards of snow line. Very few literatures are available on snowmelt runoff modeling. This book summaries research design and the SRM model and the required data for run this model. It gives the detail outline of temperature index i.e. Positive Degree Day, PDD models, Snow Melt Runoff, SRM simulation and climate change assessment procedures and data preparation for model run. It deals about the data acquisition, its pre-processing and the post-processing such as to make them ready for the input to the simulation model. This book can be useful for the researchers who are interested to investigate the contribution of snow melt in stream flow of snow-fed stream and impact of climate change on water resources.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Increased use of nitrogenous (N) fertilizer has significantly altered the global N-cycle and produced nitrogenous gases of environmental consequence.One of the important goals to reduce N-fertilizer application can be effectively achieved by choosing N-efficient (i.e., Which can grow under low N conditions), ensuring their optimum uptake of applied N by application of adequate amounts of fertilizer nutrients in a balanced manner and knowing the molecular mechanisms for their uptake as well as assimilatory pathways. Newer approaches like QTL and proteomics could also help us in understanding these processes fully, hence could contribute greatly in enhancing NUE and reduction of N pollution in the environment.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Model predictive control (MPC) was developed to meet control challenges of Chemical Industries. With the passage of time, it has become the one of the most effective advanced control technique for a wide range of industries. The advantages of MPC are most evident when it is used as a multi-variable controller integrated with an optimizer. Dynamic Matrix Control (DMC) was the first Model Predictive Control (MPC) algorithm developed by Shell Oil Company in 1970s. The advantages of these methods have already been proven and these methods have been found to work satisfactorily for long durations of time. DMC is available in all industrial process control systems and on a number of control simulation platforms. DMC is particularly advantageous for Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) Systems. The effect of Tuning Parameters of Dynamic Matrix Control on the response of the system has been taken up. Various models have been simulated on MATLAB for this purpose. Effect of Noise on the system has been also studied. Modeling of a DC motor has been done at the end and an optimal set of Tuning Parameters has been found out.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.